The first of the National Transportation Safety Board’s three days of investigative hearings is underway to help determine ...

An air traffic controller contacts the Black Hawk helicopter, flying under the call sign PAT 2-5, to confirm it sees American Airlines flight 5342, which he refers to as a “CRJ,” based on the ...

Dick Chubon, who taught Patrick Mahany in high school, and his daughter, Linda, attended the memorial honoring the 10th anniversary of Mahany's death. The memorial July 3 took place at the site of ...

Patrick C. Parks and aviation were a match made in the heavens. Whether navigating Vietnam’s treacherous skies as an Air Force fighter pilot, serving in the Iowa Air National Guard or keeping up ...

The pilot, 64-year-old Patrick Mahany, was declared dead at the scene. Shortly after taking off, the helicopter crashed in a nearby parking lot, colliding with an RV, a pickup truck and a camper ...

The other pilot can be heard saying, “Yeah, we were on short final, and we saw flares from the opposite side of the Potomac.” Footage from a security camera at Reagan National airport shows ...